Flag-holder.



L. F. WESCHE FLAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED my 28. m1.

1,251,147. Patented Dec. 25,1917.

LOUISEWESCHE 58m (1 nm my "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS Ii. WESCI-IE, OF WEBB, IOWA.

FLAG-HOLDER.

Application filed May 28, 1817.

"To, all whom we concern: Be it known tiat 1 Louis F wnsoan,

a citizen of the United "Webb, in the count of Clay and ;State' ofIowa,have invente certain new and useful Improvements in Flag-Holders,of which i proyide a very simple attachment which structurefand whichwill support either glelfrelatively ,large flagor a plurality:

ller flagsnj p her objectin this connection is-to le of i the, ,or theposition of the the'r ob eot'1s to provide a construe,

.tion as referred to which, when two flags are a be soiadjusted thatthe-flags are "disposed; at diflercnt-angles with relation toeachlbtlier. i a

'Aif further object-isto provide adevice of thislcha'racter whichishvery simple, may be cheaply made, easy to put in place, and easilyadjusted. 1

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

. My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein aFigure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of my improved flag holder,the members 12 and15 being in elevation and the flag stafi iii section;Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the holder;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the flag holder with the clamping membersdisposed to support a single flag stafl' Fig. 4 is alike view to Fig. 3,but showing the clamping members disposed so as to engage divergent flagstaffs;

Fig. 5 is a View showing the confronting faces of the clamping members;

Fig. 6 is a. fragmentary elevation of a portion of anantomobile with myimproved fia g bolder applied thereto.

Referring to these figures, 1O designates a cylindrical shell of metal,or any other suitable material, which is supported from def ormation atone end by a transverse bar 11.

Specification oI Letters Patent.

States, residing at which is reduced for a portion of its length ma beeasily, applied to i an automobile or a device of this character; inwhich H 1 to'any desired part oithe automobile,'I 'ro- I-vide a strap19, through the middle of w ich a screw shank 16 passes, the nut18beingFig. 5, whereby'to hold the cap sections 111 Patented Dec.25,1917.

Serial No. 171,522.,

On the other end of this shell is disposed a plug or cap 12, which maybe'of wood,

metal or any other suitable material, and

as at 13, so as toset within the end of the shell, this cap section 12being centrally perforated and being formed with one or morediametrically extending grooves 14.

Coacting with the caprsection 12 is a sec: end cap section 15, whichabuts against the outer face of the cap section 12 and is centrallyperforated and is also formed with a diametr cally extending channel orgroove 1-1. There may be one or more of these grooves. Passing centrallythrough the cap sections 12 and 1.5 is a tightening screw 16 having anotched head 17, the shank of the screw being screw-threaded forengagement byanut18.

For the purposehof attaching thisi device disposed outward of the strap.The strap is provided with'a buckle 20. 1

. he confronting faces of he cap sections 12 and 15may also be formedwith a plurality of radiating teeth-21, as illustrated in their adjustedpositions. a

In the practical use of this device, the strap is placed around atubular. standard or other part of an automobile,- which is designated Ain the drawing and tightened and buckled, so that the body 10 is firmlysupported upon the standard and projects out therefrom. If one large flais desired to be supported by the flag hol er, the sectons 12 and 15which constitute clamps are brought to such a position that the recesses'14 and 14 are coincident and will clamp on each side of the flag stafi.If, on the other hand, it is desired to dispose two fla s havingrelatively small stafls uponthe lioldcr, then the members 1-2 and 15 arerotated to such a position that the grooves 14 and 14 will be disposedin divergent or in an ular relation and the relatively small sta s ofthe flags are disposed in these recesses 14 and 14 (see Fig. 3). Whenthe flag or flags are properly disposed between the clamping sections 12and 15, then the screws 16 may be turned with relation to the nut 18 byrotating the screw by means of a screw (lri ver, the not being held fromrotation by the strap 19. It will be further seen that a rotation of thescrew 16, not only acts to draw the sections [2 and 15 into clampingengagement with each other and with the flag staffs, but that it alsotightens up u on the strap 19 so that a very secure hol mg action isprovided for. It will likewise be observed that both of the clamping menbers 1:2 and 15 may be rotated around the axis of the holder so that theflags may be disposed in any desired relation or at any desired angleand that when two flags are used, they may be disposed at anyclesiredangle with relation to each other or to the machine. While I havedevised this invention for particular use with automobiles as' a meansfor supporting flags or other decorations thereon, I wish it understoodthat it might be used in other circumstances for more or less likepurposes and that I do not wish to be limited to the details ofconstruction which are illustrated.

Having described my invention, whatI claim is 1. A flag holdercomprising a tubular body open at its opposite ends, coacting flag staffclamping. members rotatably mounted upon one end of the body, a clampingloop adapted to engage an article and passing into the other end of thebody, and means disposed within the tubular body for urging saidclamping members toward each other-and coincidently drawing the articleclamping loop into the body;

2. A flag holder of the character described comprising a hollowcylindrical body, a clamping member closing one end of the body andhaving rotatable engagement therewith and formed upon its outer facewith a transversely extending groove, 11 second clamping memberconfronting the first and having a transversely extending groove on itsinner face, a bolt having an exterior head passing through said clampingmembers into the interior of the body, a strap t-hrou h which saidboltpasses and having a buc (1e, the strap extending out of the hollowbody, and a nut on the bolt outward of,thc strap and with which thestrap engages. I b

A flag holder of the character described comprising a hollow cylindricalbody, a clamping member clOSiIl one end of the body and having rotatab eengagement therewith and formed upon its outer face with a transverselyextending groove, a second clamping member confronting the first andhaving a transversely extending groove on its inner face, a bolt havinan ex.- terior head passing through said 0 ampin 1 members into theinterior of the body, and means for holding the body upon a supportinmember. i I

n testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

LOUIS I WESCHE. Witnesses:

J. L. Annmo'ron, J. H; STEWART.

